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MT. ARARAT PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT HOUSE, TREES

Other Name 125 Mt. Ararat Road North, Pakenham Location 125 Mt Ararat Road North PAKENHAM, Cardinia Shire Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

The Mt. Ararat pre-emptive right house, which may date in part from the 1850s-1860s (after the district pioneer, John Dore secured the pre-emptive right) is significant to the Cardinia Shire because of its associations with one of the shire's earliest pastoral runs. The property has significance for its continuing ownership and use as a farm complex by the Dore family for over a century. Although the old farm house was altered in the 1950s, it is of significance for some early remaining elements, particularly the early Lombardic styling which suggests an architect was involved..

Only some individual trees [white cedar (Melia azedarach) and two Paulownia] are of contributory significance to the house & property (garden not individually of heritage significance).

Regional Significance